Book Summary
Volume two of Gandharan Buddhist Texts, a series that presents editions and studies of the first-century A.D. birch bark scrolls in the British Library's Kharosthi manuscript collection. It describes the text found on two fragments which consititute the lower part of a scroll and consists of the remnants of three sutras. The book describes the condition of the scroll and its reconstruction; examines in detail the literary and textual background of the sutras; and presents a transcription of the extant text, a reconstruction, and an English translation.
Book Details
| Book Name | Three Gandhari Ekottarikagama-Type Sutras: British Library Kharosthi Fragmments 12 And 14 |
| Author | Mark Allon, Andrew Glass |
| Publisher | University Of Washington Press (Mar 2002) |
| ISBN | 9780295981857 |
| Pages | 368 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 4452 |
